The Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State on Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to caution the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola over allegations of anti-party conduct aimed at grounding the party in the state. The party said the Minister has “become a liability and a political virus to Osun APC with his conduct” as seen in his inward and outward dispositions in recent times. Addressing a press conference at the APC State Secretariat, Osogbo, the party State Youths Leader, Goke Akinwemimo, noted that Aregbesola was on a move to destroy the party on account…
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A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed what he would do if the supporters of the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi come after him. Oshiomhole revealed that he would respond if Obi’s followers known as Obi-dients come after him. Oshiomole spoke while appearing on Arise TV programme, The Morning Show on Wednesday. He pointed out that most of the presidential candidates have not sufficiently informed Nigerians on how they would solve the issues facing the country. Pointing out Obi, Oshiomole said the former Anambra State governor was yet to tell Nigerians…
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday will sign an executive order aimed in part at making it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure. More specifically, one of the directives Biden will issue will allow states that have not outlawed abortion to apply for specific Medicaid waivers that would, in effect, help them treat women who have travelled from out of state. The order will also call on health care providers to comply with federal nondiscrimination laws and streamline the collection of key data and information on maternal health at the…
Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Leader, Muhammed Suleiman said the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar will deliver good governance. He stated this during the PDP North Central Zonal Youth Summit 2022, with the theme Mainstreaming Youth Energies Towards Electoral Victories for the Party Come 2023 and Beyond on Wednesday in Abuja. He said, “I don’t know why some of our leaders are promoting disunity, ethnicity and religious bigotry. The APC campaign was based on ethnicity in 2015 and it will hunt them in 2023. PDP National Youth Leader urged…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State who is also the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election, has unveiled his female running mate, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta. Fintiri unveiled Farauta, Wednesday at the Banquette Hall of the State House in Yola during a ceremony that had massive attendance by men and women supporters mostly wearing newly designed Fintiri-Farauta (FIFA 2023) campaign logo of the PDP joint ticket. Professor Kaletapwa Farauta who is currently the Vice Chancellor of the Adamawa State University, Mubi, was nominated as Fintiri’s running mate in June, not long after Senator Aishatu Ahmed…
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Prince Dotun Babayemi, has raised alarm over the threat to his life. Babayemi disclosed that some people are after his life because of his efforts at seeking redress in a court of law. Babayemi emerged the candidate for a parallel governorship primary of PDP while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) identified Senator Ademola Adeleke who emerged as governor-elect as a candidate of the party. Babayemi is seeking to get justice as regards the controversy surrounding who the authentic gubernatorial candidate of the party is…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in Gombe State, Muhammad Barde have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja, to disqualify the Gombe State Governor, Mohammed Yahaya Inuwa and his Deputy, Jatau Daniel, from contesting in the 2023 governorship election for allegedly submitting forged certificates. In a suit No: FJC/ABJ/CS/1301/2022 instituted on August 2, 2022, PDP and its governorship candidate are praying the court to disqualify the governor and his deputy from contesting the election for submitting forged documents and certificates to INEC which were published on 22nd July, 2022. In an originating summons filed on their…
A new round of US sanctions targeting Russian elites includes a woman named in news reports as Vladimir Putin’s longtime romantic partner. The Treasury Department said Tuesday that the government has frozen the visa of Alina Kabaeva, an Olympic gymnast in her youth and former member of the state Duma, and imposed other property restrictions. The department said she is also head of a Russian national media company that promotes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Critics of the Kremlin and imprisoned Russian rights campaigner Alexey Navalny have been calling for sanctions against Kabaeva, saying her news outlet took the lead in…
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State who participated in the last primaries for the party’s House of Assembly and other tickets but failed in their bids have teamed up to vent their grievances. Blaming their failure on the party in the state, they accuse the leaders of high-handedness against some aspirants and imposition of favoured aspirants at the expense of others. The aggrieved aspirants, 107 in number, said in a statement obtained Tuesday that imposition marred the party’s last primary elections. The aspirants, rising under the aegis of the Roundtable of House of Assembly Aggrieved Aspirants…
One of the major support groups of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Door-to-Door for Gburugburu, has reiterated its unflinching support for Gov. Ugwuanyi and his political decisions ahead of the 2023 general elections. The group, comprising women, men and youths across the 17 local government areas of Enugu State, expressed their confidence in Gov. Ugwuanyi and his uncommon leadership style anchored on peace and good governance. They reassured the governor that they are solidly behind him, stressing that where he stands is where they stand in respect of the 2023 general elections. Speaking when members of Door-to-Door for Gburugburu…
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded party primaries, Morgan West have asked the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt to join other aspirants including, George Kelly, Tammy Danagogo and Isaac Kamalu in the suit challenging the emergence of Siminialayi Fubara as the governorship candidate of the PDP. West wants the court to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission from publishing the name of Fubara and recognizing him as the candidate of the PDP. The governorship aspirant is claiming that the PDP governorship primary held in May, which produced Fubara as the party’s governorship…
The Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) has been cautioned against dragging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into her internal crisis. The Osun PDP which asserted that it has no relationship with the APC or its emerging internal implosion made this known in a statement signed by Akindele Adekunle, its Caretaker Transition Committee chairman in Osogbo on Tuesday. The Osun PDP which also maintained that it had no allies within the APC and had no hand in the alleged planned local and national demonstration noted that it found it preposterous for the Osun APC chairman to blame it for its leadership…
Opposition leader Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) received illegal funding and should explain why its finances should not be confiscated, said the country’s election commission on Tuesday. A three-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced its verdict in a case filed by PTI founding member Akbar S Babar in November 2014. PTI “knowingly and willingly” received funding from Wootton Cricket Ltd, which was operated by the now-jailed business tycoon Arif Naqvi. It was a “willing recipient” of $2,121,500, said the ECP. UAE-based Bristol Engineering Services, Cayman Island-registered E-Planet Trustees, Australia-based Dunpec Limited, UK-based SS Marketing Manchester and…
Members of The Osun Progressives, a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state have embarked on a protest. InfoStride News had reported earlier that the faction which has the support of Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of the state and Interior Minister was planning a protest in the state and Abuja against the State chairman of the party, Gboyega Famoodun. The protest which started from the popular Olaiya flyover and junction in Osogbo at the time of filing this report saw the protesters with various placards, chanting different solidarity songs. They was marching towards the APC state secretariat,…
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai has revealed details of the Monday meeting between the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governors elected on the platform of the party. According to El-Rufai, a director-general has been picked for APC presidential campaign council. Speaking after the meeting, he noted that other positions in the council are being discussed. The governor said President Muhammadu Buhari and Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the APC, would be briefed before a formal announcement. “We came to report on an assignment given to us by our Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Osun State chapter has accused the self-styled The Osun Progressives (TOP), a faction in the party backed by the Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, of planning a violent protest in the State and Abuja against the State chairman of the party, Prince Gboyega Famoodun. This was contained in a statement by Media Adviser to Osun APC chairman, Kola Olabisi on Monday. Olabisi said the group across the State and some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have emerged to sponsor a series of protests against Famodun. The APC accused TOP members of openly celebrating…
An Abuja-based activist, Deji Adeyanju, has alleged that the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso is supporting his counterpart from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. Adeyanju said Kwankwaso believes that Tinubu would make him the next president if he wins in 2023. He pointed out that it will take another Southern and Northern presidential candidate 16 years to rule Nigeria if Tinubu wins in 2023. In a series of tweets, Adeyanju: “If Tinubu becomes president, it will take another presidential aspirant from the South 16yrs to be president and same for a Northern candidate. “This…
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Malaysia on Tuesday and was expected to visit Taiwan, escalating tensions with Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory. The plane carrying Pelosi and her delegation left from a Malaysian air force base after a brief stopover that included a lunch meeting with Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, an official said on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release details to the media. Pelosi is on an Asian tour this week that is being closely watched to see if she will defy China’s warnings against visiting Taiwan. It was…
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday as part of plans to reconcile the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and other aggrieved party members. The Chairman of BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin told the media Thursday that the BoT would also meet with presidential aspirants. He expressed concern that the primary election that produced the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar and the subsequent appointment of the Governor of Delta state, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as the vice presidential candidate was causing unnecessary confusion among some PDP members. Jibrin stressed…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP says the ruling All Progressives Congress and opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP are jittery over the looming defeat in the coming 2023 General election. The Jigawa State NNPP gubernatorial candidate, Malam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa service. He said he is confident that the electorates would not repeat the previous mistakes and vote for the APC and PDP for their failure to secure the Nation for the past 22 years in power. “The growing and acceptability of the party and popularity of the candidates in Jigawa State and…